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I. MESKER & T. 0. ARBEGUST.

' WINDOW FRAME.

No. 451,875. Patented May 5,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK MESKER AND THOMAS O. ARBEGUST, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORSTO MESKER & BROTHER, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letter Application filed May 3, 1890.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK MEsKER and THOMAS O. ARBEGUST, of St. Louis,Missouri, have jointly made a new and useful Improvement in \VindowFrame Construction, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The improvement relates to window-frames whose stiles are composedwholly or partly of sheet metal, and more especially to boxwindow-frames and to building-fronts in which sheet metal is more orless employed; and it consists in the special mode of forming and.uniting the parts immediately associated with the stiles ofthe-window-frame, substantially as is hereinafter set forth and claimed,aided by the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, inwhich the improved constructionis shown in horizontal section. The viewincludes the window-frame and portions of. the sides, respectively, ofthe window-frame of the adjoining columns. The top and bottom of thewindow-frame are not shown, the construction thereof being familiar.

A B represent the window-sashes.

G 0 represent the stiles; D D, the insidefinisl'rboards; E E, theinside-finish stops; F F, the studs; and G G, the weights In the presentinstance the studs F F do not extend outward as far as does the frontface 0 of the stile, and the stile-face 0, before it reaches a point infront of the stud, is turned inward at 0' until in line, or thereabout,with the outer face f of the stud, and then the s Patent No. 451,875,dated May 5, 1891 Serial No. 350,529. (No model.)

metal sheet of which the stile is composed is turned toward the stud, asshown at 0 substantially, and the stile is united with the stud byhaving its flange 0 nailed to a strip H, which in turn is nailed to thefront face f of the stud. The strip is wider than the face f of the studand the side 2' of the sheet-metal column I is by means of nails 41'.secured to the side h of the strip H-that is, the side 11 of the columncomes between the strip H and the part c of the stile, all substantiallyas shown.

e claiml. The combination of the sheet-metal stile, the stud, and thestrip H, extending laterally beyond the outer face of said stud, andsaid stile having one face adapted to stand in alignment with the outerface of said strip substantially as described.

2. The combination of the sheet-metal stile, the sheet-metal column, thestud, and the strip extending laterally beyond the outer face of saidstud, said stile having one face adapted to stand in alignment with theouter face of said strip and to lap the inner or rear side of thelatter, and said column having one edge secured between said strip andsaid stile,

substantially as described.

FRANK MESKER. THOMAS O. ARBEGUST. Witnesses:

O. D. MOODY, C. C. LOGAN.

and to lap the inner or rear side of the latter,

